[V8] How to bleed the brakes on a V8

[Gunter Lorberg]

Could someone straighten me out and tell me how I should be bleeding the brakes on my 1990 V8 with UFO's.
 
I had to replace the brake pads at all four corners.....which for my purposes meant removing the rear calipers and temporarily disconnecting the brake hoses from the calipers.  So I had to bleed the brakes.  I proceeded in the same manner I have many times before on other cars without the assistance of a vacuum pump tool, but with the help of someone depressing and subsequently releasing the brake pedal on my command while I opened or closed the brake caliper bleeder valve nipples in the order of farthest wheel from the master cylinder to the closest.  The end result appears to be satisfactory but it would be nice to do without as much brake pedal sponginess as is possible.  Does any V8 owner actually have a truly firm brake pedal???
 
My question to anyone is should I be employing a different technique?  If so, how, and why?
 
This is the first car I've owned with ABS and I'm not certain that some special technique is not required.
 
As an aside, the brake fluid was not filthy and the pistons, 'sliding pins', and e-brake levers were all moving quite nicely.........always a good thing.
 
Anyone out there have a kit to part with to upgrade to even more beefy brakes than the UFO's (Porche?).....without  breaking the bank?
 
 
Thanks,
 
Gunter
(2) 1990 'Canadian' V8's with automatics (and UFO's)